Tender as wild

Chapter 3 Collision at the street intersection 3
  In Lingjiang City in June, it has been raining for two days.

Baili braved the heavy rain and visited all the places worth checking out.

Until her mother sent numerous harsh messages and threatened to stop her from going to school.

The journey ended quietly in a strong wind and heavy rain.

Early morning on the fourth day.

Baili sat on the high-speed train on the earliest return trip, looking out the window at the mountains and the lake passing by.

Except for a touch of reluctance.

Thinking back on her journey over the past few days, she felt incredibly crazy.

She really hid alone in a city full of strangers. There were no dense test papers, no interpersonal relationships to endure, only good scenery.

With a rainy scenery.

I turned on my phone and flipped through the photos in the aftertaste album, and a blog post was pushed to me.

It was updated by a Lingjiang travel blogger.

The copy reads: [Have you gone to Lingjiang? Is there someone there who can save your soul? 】

Looking at this text, Bai Li was stunned.

The appearance of that young man suddenly came to mind.

Somehow, his thoughts resonated, his heart began to beat in an irregular manner, and tiny particles appeared on the skin of his arms.

She hurriedly picked up the mineral water on the small table and took a sip, trying to suppress this reaction.

Until the phone vibrates weakly.

Only then did he take her out of this situation.

Clicking on WeChat, her mother sent her a message.

[You are really capable. Are you coming back? 】

Baili lowered her head and calmly replied "Back"

Just turned his head and continued to admire the scenery outside the window.

……

When I got home downstairs, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as she walked downstairs in the community, she saw her mother, Ms. Hu, holding her stepsister's hand, and her stepfather carrying luggage to the car.

A few meters away, the hearty conversation of the stepmother and daughter could be heard vaguely.

"The cities in France are so beautiful. I'm yearning for them. During this holiday trip, my father finally took us abroad. Aunt Hu, do you want Baili to go with us? I don't want to go with her. She's so boring. .”

As a stepmother, my mother's voice is no longer sharp at this moment, but as gentle as the spring water in March: "She's not going, we're going as a family. Your brother is coming back, and she's staying to see if the house is open."

The stepsister smiled, "Or buy a plane ticket for my brother, and our family will be reunited in France."

It seemed that the word "family" touched Ms. Hu. She was so happy that she smiled with a few wrinkles at the end of her eyes: "Yeah, okay."

In this way, the loving mother and daughter remained filial for a long time.

Only then did they notice Bai Li watching.

Bai Li looked at her biological mother, walked over with a restrained smile, pulled her to a deserted place, and asked her a few questions about the journey with an embarrassed look on her face.

He didn't need her answer, so he said to her softly: "Your uncle and I need to go out to take care of some things this summer vacation. You can help look after the house at home. Your stepbrother is coming back. Don't run around and open the door for him." , take care of him more usually, after all, he lives in someone else’s house, so he knows some things.”

There was a brief silence in the air.

Bai Li squeezed her cell phone tightly. She was in the dim corridor, but the light outside felt dazzling, and she felt numb in her heart.

She lowered her eyelashes, feeling panic rising in her heart.

"What if I don't want to?"

The tone was a question, but also a prayer.

Her mother seemed to have never set her sights on her since she joined this wealthy family.

As always, Mother Bai took her hand, took out a thousand yuan in cash from her bag, and stuffed it into her hand like a puppy, "Be obedient, I am married for the third time, and I have to please my step-son and step-son every day." Girl, it’s much harder for me than you are.”

When Bai Li heard this, her hands froze.

In addition to feeling ridiculous, I just felt bitter.

In fact, she should have gotten used to it, because this place was no longer her home, she was just living under someone else's roof.

After taking the money, Bai Li looked deeply at her mother, unable to say anything.

Through those fine-lined eyes, she saw a delicate and hypocritical soul.

Turning around, she took a deep breath and said mockingly and calmly: "Then I wish your family a happy time in France. I will just be a watchdog. This is the obedience you want, right? If you need me again, Do you bark twice? Woof?"

Such extreme words can hurt the hearts of ordinary mothers.

Entered the elevator.

She just heard her mother's last words. “I’m sorry, but there’s no way I wouldn’t give up this home for you.”

Although the tone is weak, it is very realistic and cold.

Her mother is indeed not an ordinary mother.

Baili didn't like to cry, but she still couldn't help crying when she returned to that home.

Looking at the gray sky on the horizon.

She woke up.

The last person in the world who loved her seemed to have died when she was five years old.

What she can do now is to grow up quickly and live tenaciously.

Her white fingertips wiped away the last tear from her eyes, suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

Baili packed her luggage.

She must not live alone with that stepbrother, he is the most cannibalistic person in the family.

But she was not yet an adult, and she was unaccompanied when the incident happened suddenly. She only had one or two thousand yuan in her hand, so where could she go.

Closing her eyes, she suddenly remembered that her mother had given her an address a few years ago because of her stepsister's dissatisfaction, and wanted to entrust her to brother Fang Ye's grandma's house.

He also said that Grandma Fang Ye is a very nice person and will definitely take her in.

Her brother once told her that his grandma is a very good person. If he encounters difficulties and he is not around, he should go to his grandma.

She thought, shameless as she was, she had no other option and had to give it a try.

She is willing to take good care of her grandma in exchange for the possibility of staying, and then find a way to earn money to pay the rent to repay this kindness.

So, I struggled to find the address.

it says on the address.

Grandma Yun, Lingjiang City...

What a coincidence.

She couldn't explain what it felt like, so she took the high-speed train to Lingjiang again.

When we arrived, it was already evening.

The rain in Lingjiang stopped, and there was a hint of coolness in the air.

The taxi followed the address she gave and stopped in front of a row of two-story brick buildings.

It can be seen that it was a prosperous place in the early years, but as time went by, the houses became older.

Since you are staying on loan, there is no reason to come empty-handed.

She dragged her suitcase to the nearby supermarket and sincerely bought walnut powder, milk powder, fruits and other gifts for the elderly before she mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

I knocked lightly two or three times, but no one responded.

Baili was a little confused for a moment, and just turned around to confirm the house number.

The next second, his eyes suddenly focused elsewhere.

Under the streetlight at the end of the alley, she saw the boy who had made her dream all night.

From a distance of more than ten meters, Baili could clearly see his face.

The young man's expression was still cold, and he was extremely tall. His delicate eyes gave people a feeling of indifference that was difficult to get along with. The dim light from the street lamp shone around him, giving him a layer of silver.

There is a deep aura in his steps.

Met again?

Bai Li couldn't help being surprised, her heartbeat skipped a beat.

What's even more coincidental is that the young man stopped in front of this small building along the way.

Their eyes met.

It's the same feeling of familiarity and strangeness.

Baili couldn't help but grasp the gift box in her hand.

The young man didn't seem to expect that she would appear here.

After a while, he asked in a leisurely voice: "What can I do if you come to my house?"

his home……?
  Bai Li didn't understand the interpersonal relationship in these words, but she only heard the misunderstanding in his words. She endured the embarrassment and quickly explained honestly: "No, excuse me, although it is very sudden, but I am here to see Grandma Yun. , I want to...stay at her house for a few days."

"you are?"

"My name is Bai Li and I live in Jiangcheng. My mother's name is Hu Qingmei."

After listening to her words, the young man raised his eyebrows slightly and lowered his head, his eyes once again staying on her face.

Immediately afterwards, two low laughs came out of his throat, and his voice was particularly hoarse: "White pear."

(End of this chapter)